We didn’t have anything too out of the ordinary this weekend: trained for the Olympics (swimming lessons at Dad’s Club) and entertained the ladies (SongPlay! music class). But the highlight was getting together with Dada’s family for Cousin C’s 6th Birthday. Thanks for including us in the celebration this weekend!

Did you go to any parties this weekend? Maybe an Olympics party?

Image Credit: Mad Max and Family / Tara J

Here I am above on my first big trampoline with Cous R. I just got to get that jumping down.

Image Credit: Mad Max and Family / Tara J

Your Future Olympian:

We are also going to start including parenting topics of various sorts on Mondays. Mad Max has to help parents out there, you know! You can send us ideas for parenting topics too.

From Mad Max’s Mom: So what type of Mom / parent do you think it takes to raise an Olympian? As I commented on the Motherlode blog, I don’t know that it takes a specific kind of parent to raise an Olympian. I think some individuals (some, not all) can overcome anything … and it doesn’t matter what your background is … But of course I’m sure it would help to have a really supportive parent. I don’t think a “pushy” parent would help though. Don’t kids usually want to do the exact opposite of what you may really push them to do (or at least teenagers)? I think a child has to have the dream on their own! A child can’t fulfill a parent’s own childhood dream.

Is your child in an Olympic sport? When did they start playing that sport? How did you decide what sports to put them in? What are their dreams? What are yours?